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Status Guide

by Lassarina Aoibhell

Welcome. This guide is a list of the status effects in Final Fantasy IX. The effects are separated into "good" and "bad" status effects according to whether their effect on a character is positive or negative. Some bad status effects will disappear at the end of battle; these are indicated by a "Yes" in the "Disappear?" column. Others, with a "no" in the same column, must be removed after battle. All good status effects dissipate at the end of a battle.

Bad Status Effects
Status	Indicator	Effect	Cure	Disappear?
Berserk	Character turns red and a cloud appears around head	Strength increases; you no longer control character	Gysahl Greens	Yes
Confuse	Character spins around repeatedly	Character attacks random targets and is independent of your control	Esuna, physical attack	Yes
Darkness	Dark cloud around character's head	Attack accuracy greatly reduced	Eye Drops, Esuna, Remedy	No
Freeze	Character turns blue and stops	Character will be KO'd if attacked	Esuna, effect expires	Yes
Heat	Character turns red, head is on fire	Character will be KO'd if he/she acts	Esuna, effect expires	Yes
KO**	Character falls to the ground	Character has lost all hit points and cannot act until revived	Phoenix Down, Phoenix Pinion, Life, Full-Life	No
Mini	Character is reduced in size	Power and defense reduced	Mini, Remedy, Esuna	Yes
Petrify**	Character becomes grey and stops moving	Character is turned to stone. Game Over if whole party is petrified.	Soft, Stona, Remedy	No
Poison	Purple cloud over character's head	HP decreases gradually	Antidote, Esuna, Panacea, Remedy*, effect expires	Yes
Silence	Ellipsis appears over character's head	Character cannot use magic.	Echo Screen, Esuna, Remedy	No
Sleep	"Zzz" appears over character's head	Character is unable to move or attack	Physical attack, effect expires	Yes
Slow	ATB is grey, white arrows pointing downward appear over character's head	ATB gauge fills more slowly	Dispel, Haste, effect expires	Yes
Stop	ATB bar greyed out, character freezes in place	Character cannot move. Game Over if all characters are Stopped.	Remedy, Dispel	Yes
Trouble	Trouble icon appears over character's head	Damage the character receives overflows onto other party members	Annoyntment	No
Venom**	Black and purple cloud over character's head	HP and MP gradually decrease. Character cannot move. Game Over if whole party is afflicted.	Antidote, Remedy, Panacea, Esuna	No
Virus**	(Only visible in status menu)	Character gains no EXP or AP after battle	Vaccine	No
Zombie**	Character turns darker colour	Healing items/spells cause damage or KO to the character	Magic Tag	No

*Any effect that can be cured with a Remedy may also be cured with Quina's Blue Magic Angel's Snack, which administers a Remedy to each party member.

**Characters afflicted with these status effects do not gain EXP or AP when the battle is over.

Helpful Status Effects*
Status	Effect
Auto-Life	Character is automatically revived from KO once per battle
Float	Character floats and takes no damage from Earth attacks
Haste	ATB Gauge fills up faster; green arrows pointed up appear next to character's head
Protect	Decreases damage from physical attacks. Character glows yellow.
Reflect	Magic is reflected back at caster. Some magic cannot be reflected.
Regen	HP gradually restored
Shell	Decreases damage from magic attacks. Character glows green.
Vanish	Character is invisible, cannot be hit with physical attacks. Re-appears when hit by magic or effect expires.

*All helpful status effects expire at the end of battle.

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